TYLER — Shelly Hunter, a 47-year-old Whitehouse native, pleaded guilty on Monday to interstate transport of stolen funds during her time working for Peltier Chevrolet Inc.
According to court proceedings Hunter worked for Peltier as their Business Office Manager from March 2005 to February 2017.
Hunter began embezzling and stealing funds from the dealership starting in March 2011.
Authorities said she had done that for nearly 250 unauthorized transactions, including ACH payments and checks.
She then used that stolen money to pay her personal credit card bills and mailed checks to pay her accounts in some instances.
Hunter also wired funds directly from the dealership’s bank account to her credit card accounts.
Various means to hide the theft of funds from the dealership. Her ways to conceal the thefts included forging the Peltier manager's signature, initiating authorized payments, making fraudulent entries in Peltier’s general ledger, and generating false bank reconciliations.
She faces a prison sentence of up to 10 years.
